1987 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 3rd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Ramón Avilés (66-74)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 36,286, Avg. 518
1987 Spartanburg Phillies RosterTeam Record: 66-74
Finished 3rd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Ramón Avilés (66-74)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 36,286, Avg. 518
The Spartanburg Phillies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1987 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Phillies scored 652 runs and yielded 675 runs. Vince Holyfield and Luis Iglesias led Spartanburg with 18 home runs apiece., and Jeff Grotewold walloped 15 or more also. Luis Iglesias drove in 82 runs. Vince Holyfield paced all regular hitters with a .292 average. Chuck McElroy topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.11 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1987 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jason Grimsley, Chuck McElroy, Garland Kiser, Jeff Grotewold, Andy Ashby and Cliff Brantley.
Ramón Avilés served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck McElroy | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3.11 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 130.3 | 117 | 51 | 45 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Fred Christopher | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.74 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 142.0 | 131 | 71 | 59 | 10 | 57 | 5 | 140 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Pete Maldonado | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.30 | 53 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.3 | 84 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Jason Grimsley | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.16 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88.3 | 59 | 48 | 31 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mark Sims | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.07 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 142.0 | 138 | 89 | 80 | 16 | 64 | 2 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Andy Ashby | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.60 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 73 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Michel LaMarche | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.31 | 44 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77.3 | 88 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Vladimir Perez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.36 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74.3 | 81 | 46 | 36 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cliff Brantley | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.81 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110.3 | 114 | 69 | 59 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 86 | 9 | 3 | 10 | |
| Phil Price | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.60 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 72.3 | 83 | 40 | 37 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tim Peek | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.21 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 50 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Elbi Romero | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gene Bierscheid | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.69 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.3 | 55 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Garry Clark | 0 | 0 | 3.45 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Walker | 0 | 0 | 5.27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Garland Kiser | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.49 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 49 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 66 | 74 | .471 | 4.15 | 394 | 140 | 121 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 1205.0 | 1194 | 675 | 555 | 82 | 529 | 43 | 940 | 49 | 14 | 100 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Holyfield | 132 | 580 | 507 | 91 | 148 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 58 | 56 | 19 | 55 | 90 | .292 | .373 | .440 | .812 | 223 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jeff Stark | 130 | 519 | 453 | 77 | 128 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 19 | 9 | 58 | 77 | .283 | .366 | .411 | .777 | 186 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Luis Iglesias | 134 | 536 | 457 | 73 | 125 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 82 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 69 | .274 | .365 | .440 | .805 | 201 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Ron Nelson | 130 | 472 | 416 | 55 | 103 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 109 | .248 | .331 | .397 | .727 | 165 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jeff Grotewold | 113 | 435 | 381 | 56 | 96 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 70 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 114 | .252 | .338 | .438 | .776 | 167 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Steve Bates | 80 | 337 | 304 | 46 | 91 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 19 | .299 | .358 | .382 | .740 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ken Jarner | 96 | 323 | 296 | 35 | 86 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 27 | .291 | .341 | .331 | .672 | 98 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Todd Crosby | 103 | 358 | 300 | 50 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 52 | 29 | .230 | .347 | .267 | .614 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Carlos Zayas | 68 | 268 | 235 | 29 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 27 | .281 | .348 | .404 | .753 | 95 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rod Robertson | 92 | 324 | 300 | 39 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 65 | .210 | .254 | .273 | .527 | 82 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scotti Reaves | 47 | 203 | 182 | 21 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | .286 | .355 | .445 | .800 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Britt | 63 | 210 | 189 | 19 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 36 | .238 | .287 | .333 | .620 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Scott Hufford | 49 | 190 | 168 | 18 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 32 | .244 | .324 | .381 | .705 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trey McCall | 33 | 124 | 112 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 26 | .232 | .298 | .357 | .656 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kenny Miller | 21 | 62 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .214 | .274 | .214 | .488 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chuck McElroy | 29 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .333 | .357 | .407 | .765 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cesar DeLaRosa | 17 | 54 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .149 | .196 | .149 | .345 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Sims | 28 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .263 | .391 | .263 | .654 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Colpitt | 16 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .208 | .345 | .250 | .595 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Greene | 18 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Maldonado | 53 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .667 | .800 | 1.467 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Grimsley | 23 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Christopher | 30 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Price | 35 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Peek | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Brantley | 20 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Bierscheid | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Clark | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vladimir Perez | 46 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel LaMarche | 44 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Foley | 8 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Ruckman | 11 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Walker | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elbi Romero | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garland Kiser | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Ashby | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1762 | 5267 | 4646 | 652 | 1202 | 196 | 29 | 92 | 578 | 173 | 100 | 480 | 839 | .259 | .334 | .373 | .707 | 1732 | 0 | 63 | 42 | 36 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Nelson | 1B | 113 | 918 | 67 | 7 | 105 | .993 | 8.717 | ||||
| Jeff Grotewold | 1B | 32 | 228 | 9 | 3 | 20 | .988 | 7.406 | ||||
| Luis Iglesias | 1B | 14 | 95 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .990 | 7.429 | ||||
| Trey McCall | 1B | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 13.000 | ||||
| Carlos Zayas | 1B | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Todd Crosby | 2B | 83 | 177 | 178 | 18 | 52 | .952 | 4.277 | ||||
| Rod Robertson | 2B | 70 | 160 | 190 | 16 | 59 | .956 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | 2B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Luis Iglesias | 3B | 70 | 48 | 173 | 16 | 22 | .932 | 3.157 | ||||
| Scotti Reaves | 3B | 46 | 26 | 100 | 12 | 10 | .913 | 2.739 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | 3B | 21 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 5 | .852 | 2.190 | ||||
| Scott Ruckman | 3B | 6 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 1.167 | ||||
| Carlos Zayas | 3B | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Colpitt | 3B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Carlos Zayas | C | 55 | 335 | 58 | 11 | 6 | .973 | 7.145 | 9 | |||
| Jeff Grotewold | C | 50 | 319 | 52 | 17 | 4 | .956 | 7.420 | 16 | |||
| Trey McCall | C | 29 | 165 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 6.483 | 8 | |||
| Ron Nelson | C | 14 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 7.357 | 1 | |||
| Kenny Miller | C | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 4.250 | 1 | |||
| Vince Holyfield | OF | 128 | 245 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 1.992 | ||||
| Jeff Stark | OF | 111 | 204 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .973 | 1.964 | ||||
| Steve Bates | OF | 74 | 102 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .964 | 1.432 | ||||
| Bob Britt | OF | 52 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .969 | 1.788 | ||||
| Scott Hufford | OF | 47 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .922 | 1.255 | ||||
| Kenny Miller | OF | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .636 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Keith Greene | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Mike Colpitt | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pete Maldonado | P | 53 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .396 | ||||
| Vladimir Perez | P | 46 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .326 | ||||
| Michel LaMarche | P | 44 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .545 | ||||
| Phil Price | P | 35 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Mark Sims | P | 28 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.321 | ||||
| Fred Christopher | P | 28 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .821 | ||||
| Gene Bierscheid | P | 27 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .630 | ||||
| Chuck McElroy | P | 24 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .958 | ||||
| Jason Grimsley | P | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .846 | .957 | ||||
| Garland Kiser | P | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Cliff Brantley | P | 20 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Andy Ashby | P | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Peek | P | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Elbi Romero | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Cliff Walker | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Garry Clark | P | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Luis Iglesias | SS | 54 | 62 | 162 | 15 | 26 | .937 | 4.148 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | SS | 50 | 70 | 162 | 20 | 33 | .921 | 4.640 | ||||
| Rod Robertson | SS | 22 | 13 | 58 | 6 | 11 | .922 | 3.227 | ||||
| Cesar DeLaRosa | SS | 17 | 13 | 47 | 6 | 8 | .909 | 3.529 | ||||
| Marty Foley | SS | 8 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 3.250 | ||||
| Todd Crosby | SS | 7 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .963 | 3.714 | ||||
| Totals | 1615 | 3615 | 1632 | 220 | 399 | .960 | 3.249 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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